Common Tourist Attractions Via The Budapest Metro

The Four Coloured Metro Lines - M1 - M2 - M3 - M4

Below I have mentioned every metro stop that makes up the Budapest Metro network - All of the stations from the four coloured metro lines. I have also mentioned what metro stations may be of interest to a tourist, student, someone living in Budapest (off/on) and/or someone thinking of buying a property in Budapest.

On other web pages throughout this website I have given actual time recordings in terms of how long it takes to get from the city centre to a tourist landmark for example, going via metro,
tram, bus, bicycle, foot or a combination of these modes of transport. Those time recordings will give you an accurate timescale of how long it will take to get from A to B.

Budapest Metro line 1 is very old and very small but very clean and very safe

M2(RED Line) STATIONS

Déli Pályaudvar - This station serves the Déli Railway Station.

Széll Kálmán Tér - Post Palace (The old Post Office building)

Batthyány Tér - Known for its Market Hall and Town Square. The HÉV Suburban Railway originates from here, connecting Batthyány Square with Szentendre. You can get a good view of the
Hungarian Parliament Building and Chain Bridge from the riverbank.

Deák Ferenc Tér - This is the only station where metro lines M1, M2 and M3 meet, where you can make a transfer onto one of them. You can reach St Stephen's Basilica, the Town Hall and
Metro Museum from this station.

Keleti Pályaudvar - This Eastern Railway terminal is the main international and inter-city railway in Budapest that acts as a terminus for trains coming from Eastern Europe
(i.e. Transylvania and the Balkans). The Arena Plaza WebsiteArena Plaza, the
largest shopping centre and cinema complex in Budapest, is also nearby.

Keleti Pályaudvar - This Eastern Railway terminal is the main international and inter-city railway in Budapest that acts as a terminus for trains coming from Eastern Europe
(i.e. Transylvania and the Balkans). The Arena Plaza WebsiteArena Plaza, the
largest shopping centre and cinema complex in Budapest, is also nearby.

BKK normally update their timetables twice a year (around April and November), hence why I update the timetables listed on this web page accordingly. If the above metro pdf files have been updated by BKK whereby the above links no longer work, you should visit the BKK Public Transport RoutesPublic Transport Timetables web page.

TIP: If you are going to buy a 24 Hour travel pass, get one from a railway station as it will be a printed version (as shown in the right column above) - You just show it to metro staff
or bus drivers instead of inserting it into an orange ticket-validation machine each time. I saw so many people miss their metro train due to time wasted validating their ticket in the
machine.

The Budapest Metro lines and stops are well sign posted and easy to navigate

Buying And USING A SINGLE TICKET

On the metro you can travel one journey, from A to B, using just a single ticket; as long as that one journey does not take more than 80 minutes (daytime) or 120 minutes (night time services)
to complete. This is because once a single ticket has been validated (see below) it is valid for 80 minutes only (daytime). If you do not validate your ticket and therefore do not travel,
it will only expire 1 year after a price increase. So if there is no price increase next year, your ticket could be valid until 2019.

This means during your entire journey (from A to B), with a validated single ticket, you can change metro lines (M1, M2, M3 and M4) as often as you like without the need for a Transfer
Ticket; as long as your entire journey (from A to B), with or without metro line changes, does not take more than 80 minutes (daytime) to complete.

Buying And USING A TRANSFER TICKET

If you need to take an entire journey that involves taking a metro train from A to B for example and then catching a bus to C for example - i.e. Start from metro line 3 (A), travel 10
minutes on metro line 3, change for metro line 2 (B), travel 12 minutes on metro line 2, get out of the metro station and then catch a bus to C - you will need a Transfer Ticket for that
type of entire journey.

The first part of your entire journey (from A to B), which is the first validation of your transfer ticket, means your validated transfer ticket is valid for 100 minutes only (daytime) or
120 minutes (night time services); and within that 100 minutes (daytime) you need to transfer (i.e. be on the bus going to C).

Once you transfer (i.e. board the bus to C and re-validate your transfer ticket upon boarding that bus), your now re-validated transfer ticket is valid for 80 minutes only (daytime) or 120 minutes (night time services); meaning the bus going to C must be completed within 80 (daytime) or 120 minutes (night time services).

Do NOT Forget To VALIDATE YOUR TICKET

As you enter a metro station (i.e. just before its escalators) or its platform, you will see a small orange 'Ticket Validation Machine' whereby you MUST validate your single ticket or
transfer ticket before boarding the metro train. If you forget and then get caught by a ticket inspector, the fine could be 8,000 HUF. If you have a day pass though, just show it to
the station staff before boarding the metro train.

A single or transfer ticket must be validated on the Numbered Grid end of the ticket.

If you buy a weekly or monthly pass, you must validate it when purchasing but before using it by writing your Passport, Driving License or ID Card Number on it. You do NOT have to do this
if you have a 3 day pass though.